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Topo Athletic 2024 Introductions: all PEBAX foam Specter 2, Ultrafly 5, Pursuit 2
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May 23, 2024
Topo Athletic presents the first part of 2024: Ultrafly 5, Pursuit 2, and all PEBA Specter 2. Ultrafly 5 and zero drop Pursuit get new Zip Foam and uppers. The Specter gets an all PEBA midsole dropping in weight 0.5 oz while gaining 2mm more stack and more rubber.
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Hey, I'm Russ Stevens, I'm the product manager here at Topo Athletic and I'm here to tell
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you about some of the new products that are coming out in 2024. The first product I'd like to tell you about is our new UltraFly 5
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This product is going to be coming in May and will retail for $140
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The UltraFly 5 continues for the heritage of being the daily trainer within the Topo
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Athletic line that's for the person looking for light pronation support. So this new version goes up in stock height by 2mm to a 30-25 5mm drop platform and uses
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our updated zip foam that provides more responsiveness, a softer ride, and just a more lightweight
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feel overall than previous iterations of the foam. We also have a new outsole that provides more traction and durability over the platform
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and it will continue to use a medial post and external TPU counter to provide light
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guidance to the gait cycle. Of course we also have this nice new visually dynamic upper that we feel adds visual interest
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to the shoe with these kind of interesting weave lines as well as the color fade into
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the heel across all of the models. We have three colors for men, three colors for women, and again that will be launching
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in May. Shifting over onto the trail, we have our new Pursuit 2
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The Pursuit 2 is of course an update to the Pursuit and is the high cushion, zero drop
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trail runner within the Topo Athletic line, made for technical trail, hiking or running
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on technical trail. It uses a full length Vibram microgrip outsole that provides great traction and slip resistance
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on a variety of conditions, a 28mm midsole platform using our updated zip foam, again
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a little softer, lighter, and more responsive than previous iterations of the foam
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And then this really nice woven mesh upper, again just adding, we feel a lot of visual
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interest with the texturing, the nice color patterns within the shoe. Again this is coming in June and will retail for $145
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To round out the season, the last product I want to talk about is our new Spectre 2
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which is a product that I've been running in quite a bit recently with my fit trials and have been absolutely loving
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The Spectre is the high cushion uptempo trainer within the Topo Athletic line, and this is
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a pretty major update. It moves onto a full Peebax midsole, so the previous version used a Peebax core wrapped
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in an EVA frame, this new version is all Peebax, so it delivers a very soft, responsive and
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lightweight ride. We've bumped the stack height up 2mm, so it's a 37-32mm platform, and also increased the
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rubber thickness in both the heel and the forefoot to improve the durability and traction
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over the life of the shoe. The upper is this really nice woven mesh and has a really interesting fade across the platform
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When I say woven, I should be clear that I don't mean knit mesh, just a woven pattern
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across the mesh that doesn't have too much stretch, so it does a great job of securing the foot over the platform
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Despite those increases in stack height and rubber thickness, the shoe actually goes down
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in weight. It is about half an ounce, so it comes in at 7.6 ounces in a men's size 9
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This will be coming in August and will retail for $165. Thank you so much